The reason I don't tip on delivery apps is precisely because you're not actually tipping the delivery guy, you're just improving the margins of the delivery platform and preventing them from paying their people a wage that labor supply meets demand

"I'm surprised DoorDash still hasn't updated their tipping policy," said @TheRideshareGuy, who runs a popular blog for gig workers. "It's one of the top complaints we're hearing from workers right now about the company." https://t.co/2UQ0H35x5H

Amazon now putting tips on top too, reversing their unsavory tip-swiping policy as did Instacart earlier this year. Looks like @doordash is the only big gig company still swiping workers tips — just shy of a month after they said they would stop. https://t.co/SkUaGQi0CG#payup

Some drivers are celebrating this as a big win. Others are confused bc of the previous lack of transparency around pay and didn’t realize some of their guaranteed minimum pay wasn’t coming from Amazon. https://t.co/r8DD4NtlMSpic.twitter.com/kcuAwqzr8P

2. But the fact that Amazon, like DoorDash and Instacart, was using customer tips to meet base pay shows how much of the convenience economy's growth was predicated on end-running common labor standards https://t.co/A7rURFfuAG

Amazon delivery drivers were surprised to learn earlier this year that the e-commerce giant would at times dip into their tips to cover their promised wages. That’s about to change, according to an email the company sent drivers. https://t.co/AdFtF2Qk7K